Miley Cyrus: Her most emotional performances

Miley Cyrus' tearful performance of Wrecking Ball is only one of the singer's most emotional stage performances during her career. See more below...

Miley Cyrus made us want to give her a big ol' hug after she broke down in tears while performing Wrecking Ball at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas this weekend, but this isn't the first time Miley's put some MAJOR emotion into a song, so we were inspired to put together a little list of some of her most emotional performances EVER.

Miley totally gave us goosebumps as she sang When I Look At You, the official soundtrack for her film, The Last Song, live on American Idol back in 2010.

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The Climb was one of Miley's biggest hits pre-We Can't Stop and it's not hard to see why when she performed this moving ballad at the CNN An All-Star Tribute in 2011 (starts 1:30 onwards)

This video of young Miley proves she's been singing sad break up songs like a pro since the days of her debut album, Breakout. Watch her channel her angst in the performance of The Driveway below…

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And of course, Miley singing through the tears at the iHeartRadio festival might just be the best performance of Wrecking Ball that she'll ever do!

What do you think? Have we missed ay other emotional Miley moment? Tell us in the comment box below or tweet us @CosmopolitanUK

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